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Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Released Thursday, 19th January 2017
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Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Posh Corps Podcast Ep. 18: Resistance

Thursday, 19th January 2017
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The election of Donald Trump for President of the United States has already had affected the countries where Peace Corps volunteers serve, and Trump will very soon be setting policy at Peace Corps itself. Trump’s divisive rhetoric and much of his proposed agenda directly contradict the mission of the Peace Corps. Despite this, some returned volunteers supported Trump. Others initially opposed Trump’s statements, only to reverse course after the election. The National Peace Corps Association, for instance, recently applied to march in the inaugural parade for President-Elect Trump on January 20th. There was a time when Returned Peace Corps Volunteers did not so easily acquiesce to power. Before the National Peace Corps Association there was the Committee of Returned Volunteers (CRV). It was the first national Peace Corps alumni organization, and it was specifically created to oppose U.S. foreign policy. The committee’s key opposition came on May 8th 1970. Several CRV members walked into Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington D.C., kicked the staff out of the building, and hung a Vietcong flag out of the window in protest of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They occupied the office for two days. Elaine Fuller was one of the returned volunteers who occupied Peace Corps headquarters in 1970. She tells her story in this episode of the Posh Corps podcast. In addition, two returned volunteers on opposite sides of the political spectrum discuss their reactions to the election of Donald Trump.

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